According to the McLean, the Tribune was an independent newspaper that provided community news and editorials on the differences between Canadian and American mining laws, customs and tariffs. The Tribune’s motto was “He that runs may read.” No price appears.

The Oct. 8, 1898 issue includes five advertisements and criticisms of Canadian officials and “their coadjutors, the B.C. press.” The paper was clearly unhappy with Canadian treatment of Americans in the eastern Alaska/Yukon mining region. Tribune editor Carruthers displayed a tendency to editorialize in almost every article. At the same time, he also records the names of many of the early arrivals in the country, pictures the difficulties between Canadians and Americans, and indicates the difficulties and dissatisfactions between labor and management.